List of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico
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Cerro de Punta, Puerto Rico's tallest mountain, as seen from Museo de Arte de Ponce
This list of mountains in Ponce, Puerto Rico, consists of both hills, mountains, and similarly named geographic features with a summit in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico.[1][2]
Mountain list summary table
| No. | Name | Height | Location | Type | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cerro de Punta | 1,338 meters (4,390 ft) | Anón | Cerro | Highest mountain in Puerto Rico |
| 2 | Peñon de Ponce[3] | 101 meters (331 ft) | Canas | Peñon | Next to Barrio Encarnación, Peñuelas[4] |
| 3 | Cerro del Vigia | 111 meters (364 ft) | Portugués Urbano | Cerro | Location of Cruceta del Vigia and other tourist attractions |
| 4 | Cerro Los Negrones | 121 meters (397 ft) | Sabanetas & Machuelo Abajo | Cerro | - |
| 5 | Cerro del Diablo | 681 meters (2,234 ft) | Tibes | Cerro | - |
| 6 | Monte Jayuya | 1,311 meters (4,301 ft) | Anón | Monte | Shared with Barrio Veguitas and Barrio Saliente, Municipality of Jayuya |
| 7 | Cerro Maravilla | 1,203 meters (3,947 ft) | Anón | Cerro | Next to Barrio Saliente, Jayuya |
| 8 | Cerro Santo Domingo | 611 meters (2,005 ft) | Maraguez & Anón | Cerro | - |
| 9 | Cerro Agustinillo | 581 meters (1,906 ft) | Real | Cerro | Next to Barrio Collores, Juana Diaz |
| 10 | Monte La Mesa | 531 meters (1,742 ft) | Anón | Monte | Next to Barrio Real, Ponce |
| 11 | Pico Pinto | 621 meters (2,037 ft) | Machuelo Arriba & Maraguez | Pico | - |
| 12 | Cerro El Gato | 252 meters (827 ft) | Portugués | Cerro | Next to Machuelo Arriba[5] |
| 13 | Monte Marqueño | 626 meters (2,054 ft) | Tibes, Guaraguao, & Magueyes | Monte | Located at junction of barrios Tibes, Guaraguao, and Magueyes[6] |
Gallery
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Cerro de Punta as seen from Mercedita Airport_y_acercandose_a_la_Carretera_PR-577_que_dirije_hacia_el_Cerro_Maravilla%2C_Barrio_Anon%2C_Ponce%2C_PR_(DSC01629).jpg)
Road PR-143 East, near PR-577 to Cerro Maravilla
Cruceta del Vigia atop Cerro del Vigia
See also
References
- ↑ Maptest. Archived 2010-02-18 at the Wayback Machine. Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ Webcensus. Archived 2010-08-12 at the Wayback Machine. Government of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. General Purpose Population Data, Census 2000. Unidad de Sistemas de Información Geográfica, Área de Tecnología de Información Gubernamental, Oficina de Gerencia y Presupuesto. Gobierno de Puerto Rico. Retrieved 8 October 2013.
- ↑ This name has been in recorded history at least since 2 May 1858 (Socorro Guirón. Ponce, el teatro La Perla y La Campana de la Almudaina. Historia de Ponce desde sus comienzos hasta la segunda decada del siglo XIX. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal de Ponce. 1992. page 91.)
- ↑ Feature Detail Report for: Peñon de Ponce. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1613159. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Feature Detail Report for: Cerro El Gato. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1609950. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ↑ Feature Detail Report for: Monte Marqueno. USGS. Geographic Names Information System. Feature ID: 1611542. 4 December 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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